Making Your Teaching Something Special - Hurley, Rushton

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Résumé :
Two things any great teacher would tell you if asked: there are all sorts of things that you probably didn't encounter during your professional preparation, and no matter how good you are, there is always room to improve. Making Your Teaching Something Special is a collection of 50 short chapters designed to fill gaps and build talent, with each chapter covering a piece of advice for those looking to raise their game as a teacher or trainer. Divided into five areas (rapport with students, assessments and assignments, delivery, collegiality and professionalism, and logistics), newbies and veterans alike will find plenty of ideas to try with their classes. Each area finishes with discussion questions for those using the book as part of a professional development effort. The author, Rushton Hurley, mixes stories and ideas to make this an easy read, whether spending the afternoon developing ideas or taking a few moments during lunch to be inspired....

Biographie:
Rushton Hurley was raised in Texas, Singapore, and Arkansas (in that order), and has worked and studied on three continents as a high school Japanese language teacher, principal of an online school, teacher trainer, and motivational speaker. He founded and is executive director of the educational nonprofit Next Vista for Learning, which houses a free library of videos by and for teachers and students at NextVista.org. Additionally, Rushton is the Global Projects Lead at the Krause Center for Innovation at Foothill College in Los Altos, California. He holds masters degrees in Education and East Asian Studies from Stanford University. Rushton regularly keynotes at national and international conferences, and has trained and worked with educators and other professionals around the world. His fun and thoughtful talks center on inspiration and creativity, avenues for engaging learning, the power of digital media and tools for collaboration, and personal and professional perspectives in a technology-infused, every-changing world. His first book, Making Your School Something Special, was released in January, 2017. Rushton also cleans up after cats, juggles, and considers himself to have married up.

Sommaire:
Rushton Hurley was raised in Texas, Singapore, and Arkansas (in that order), and has worked and studied on three continents as a high school Japanese language teacher, principal of an online school, teacher trainer, and motivational speaker. He founded and is executive director of the educational nonprofit Next Vista for Learning, which houses a free library of videos by and for teachers and students at NextVista.org. Additionally, Rushton is the Global Projects Lead at the Krause Center for Innovation at Foothill College in Los Altos, California. He holds masters degrees in Education and East Asian Studies from Stanford University. Rushton regularly keynotes at national and international conferences, and has trained and worked with educators and other professionals around the world. His fun and thoughtful talks center on inspiration and creativity, avenues for engaging learning, the power of digital media and tools for collaboration, and personal and professional perspectives in a technology-infused, every-changing world. His first book, Making Your School Something Special, was released in January, 2017. Rushton also cleans up after cats, juggles, and considers himself to have married up....